Statistical processing
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Welfare and Health, Social StatisticsAnnesofie Thorup Olesen
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Data for these statistics are collected from the 98 municipalities and from the National Board of Appeal etc. Data is gathered in a register containing all persons who at some point during their first 23 years of living, have received support under the laws of the Service Act. The reported information is validated and supplemented with data from Statistics Denmark's population, crime and education statistics.
Source data
Data reported by the 98 municipalities in Denmark and from The Danish Social Appeals Board.
Frequency of data collection
Reports on preventive measures from the 98 municipalities are collected continuously. Information about placements are collected on an ongoing basis by the National Board of Appeal and Statistics Denmark receives a single register from the National Board of Appeal annually.
Data collection
Data is transmitted via seven different system-to-system solutions.
Data validation
The data reported from the municipalities for the current year is linked with active measures per. December 31 of the year before. For each child, all cases are updated with new information received from the municipality about support given to the child in the current year. If it is not possible to link the information from the municipality to the preventive measures for the child in the register, the case are printed on a error list, with is manually processed.
Data compilation
The data reported from the municipalities for the current year is linked with "active measures" per. December 31 last year. For each child, will all the cases get updated with all new information received from the municipality about support given to the child in the current year. If it is not possible to link the information from the municipality to the preventive measures for the child in the register - then the case are printed on a error list, with are manually processed.
Adjustment
Anyone who receives measures, but who are 23 years or older are not included in the published statements and any duplicated reported from the municipalities are removed.